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--> FAMILY Muridae
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--> GENUS Komodomys
SPECIES Komodomys rintjanus
| Author: | Sody, 1941. | | Citation: | Treubia, 18: 310. | | Common Name: | Nusa Tenggara Komodomys | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Pulau Rintja, Lohoboeaja. | | Distribution: | Nusa Tenggara: islands of Rintja, Padar, and Flores; probably occurs on other islands in the Lesser Sunda chain (e.g., Komodo). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Populations on Rintja and Padar are represented by modern samples, that from Flores by subfossil fragments recovered from sediments 4000-3000 years old (Musser, 1981c; undescribed material studied by Musser). |
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